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Contact Details

Phone
+64 3 364 1846
Email
michael.maze@otago.ac.nz
Position
Associate Professor
Department
Department of Medicine (Christchurch)
Research summary
Respiratory and infectious diseases

Research

Michael is a respiratory and infectious diseases physician who began as a PhD student in 2015. He is based in Moshi, Tanzania, and his thesis studies the impact and social ecology of leptospirosis in northern Tanzania. His work is funded by the Frances Cotter Memorial Scholarship from the Dunedin School of Medicine.

Publications

Linster, M., Zahari, M., Zhuang, Y., Mah, M. G., Carugati, M., Moorthy, G., … Maze, M. J., … Crump, J. A., … Rubach, M. P. (2026). Respiratory pathogen detection among febrile inpatients Northern Tanzania, 2016-2019. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 13(7), ofag317. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofag317 Journal - Research Article

Madut, D. B., Rubach, M. P., Scheutz, F., Call, D. R., Gogry, F. A., Carugati, M., … Maze, M. J., … Crump, J. A. (2026). Population structure of Escherichia coli isolated from the human bloodstream, human and animal feces, and the environment in northern Tanzania. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 233(1), 112-121. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiaf437 Journal - Research Article

Scott-Thomas, A., Zawari, M., Anderson, T., Chernysheva, E., Chambers, S. T., Maze, M., & Storer, M. (2025). Development of a urine-based bacterial cell-free DNA test for Legionnaires' disease. Proceedings of the Infectious Diseases & Pandemic Preparedness Summit. (pp. 61-62). Retrieved from https://www.teniwha.com Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Scott-Thomas, A., Chernysheva, E., Zawari, M., Miller, A., Chambers, S., Maze, M., Storer, M., & Kennedy, M. (2025). Detection of Legionella cell-free DNA in blood for the non-invasive diagnosis of Legionnaires' disease. Proceedings of the Infectious Diseases & Pandemic Preparedness Summit. (pp. 62). Retrieved from https://www.teniwha.com Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Scott-Thomas, A., Zawari, M., Chernysheva, E., Wolf, K., Anderson, T., Miller, A., Maze, M., Storer, M., Kennedy, M., Douglas, N., Faatoese, A., & Chambers, S. (2025). Microbial cell-free DNA: A non-invasive approach to diagnosing infectious diseases. Proceedings of the Infectious Diseases & Pandemic Preparedness Summit. (pp. 49). Retrieved from https://www.teniwha.com Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

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